Montag

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English

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Montag

Etymology

Borrowed from German Montag.

Proper noun

Montag (plural Montags)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Montag is the 14814^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2002 individuals. Montag is most common among White (84.67%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.59%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Montag”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 611.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mōntac, māntac, from Old High German mānotag (9th c.), māntag (12th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (“day of the moon”). Compare Low German Maandag, Dutch maandag, English Monday, Danish mandag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtaːk/ (standard)
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IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

Noun

Montag m (strong, genitive Montages or Montags, plural Montage)

Monday

Declension

Declension of Montag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Montag	die	Montage
genitive	eines	des	Montages, Montags	der	Montage
dative	einem	dem	Montag, Montage¹	den	Montagen
accusative	einen	den	Montag	die	Montage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

See also

(days of the week) Tage der Woche, Wochentage (im weiteren Sinne); Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag / Sonnabend, Sonntag ^{(Category: de:Days of the week)}

Further reading

“Montag” in Duden online
“Montag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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